ControlCollection.GetShapeForControl Method

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01/16/2012

Gets the underlying Shape for the specified control.

Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function GetShapeForControl ( _
    control As Control _
) As Shape

Shape GetShapeForControl(
    Control control
)

Parameters

control
Type: System.Windows.Forms.Control
The control in the ControlCollection instance from which you want to get the Shape.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Shape
The underlying Shape for the specified control.

Remarks

If the wrapping style of the control is set to In line with text, the GetShapeForControl method returns nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Examples

The following code example adds a Button to the document, and then uses the GetShapeForControl method to get the location of the control from its underlying Shape.

Private Sub WordGetShape()
    Dim testButton As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls.Button = _
        Me.Controls.AddButton(10, 10, 50, 25, "testButton")

    Dim buttonShape As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Shape = _
            Me.Controls.GetShapeForControl(testButton)

    If buttonShape IsNot Nothing Then
        MessageBox.Show("The following properties can be cached in the" & _
            vbCrLf & "document to enable you to recreate the control:" _
            & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Height: " & buttonShape.Height _
            & vbCrLf & "Width: " & buttonShape.Width _
            & vbCrLf & "Top: " & buttonShape.Top _
            & vbCrLf & "Left: " & buttonShape.Left)
    End If
End Sub

private void WordGetShape()
{
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Controls.Button testButton =
        this.Controls.AddButton(10, 10, 50, 25, "testButton");

    Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Shape buttonShape =
        this.Controls.GetShapeForControl(testButton);

    if (buttonShape != null)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("The following properties can be cached in the" +
            "\n" + "document to enable you to recreate the control:" +
            "\n\n" + "Height: " + buttonShape.Height.ToString() +
            "\n" + "Width: " + buttonShape.Width.ToString() + "\n" +
            "Top: " + buttonShape.Top.ToString() + "\n" +
            "Left: " + buttonShape.Left.ToString());
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.